What is Rhino?
The Rhino is an embedded controller designed for home automation created by Jonathan Somers. It has a CEBus powerline modem so it can communicate through the power lines. See Jonathan's page on the Rhino.
What is CEBus and CAL?
These are two EIA standards created for home automation. Together they define
everything needed to have home automation including network protocols, a
messaging system, and data types and structures.
Where can I read about CEBus and CAL?
Rough drafts of the standards are at ftp://ftp.gci-net.com/pub/trainingdept/eia600
How much of the CEBus standard does the Rhino support?
Currently Rhino only offers support for the first 2 network layers of the CEBus
network stack. These layers are implemented by the
Intellon PL400 and offer basic message
passing capabilities.
Why not fully support the CEBus standard?
Does anyone sell a development kit that supports the CEBus standard?
What commercial products are available?
Domosys has a software package that
implements CEBus and CAL on a HC11 and a 8080, but not Rhino's x86.
SMART has several products including ligh
t switches, thermostats, and security alarm interfaces.